Negotiation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant negotiation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with negotiation, hostage, betrayal, danger, hostage situation, catastrophe, corruption, hostage negotiator, dialogue and urban plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, South Korea, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as negotiation: Standoff (2006), Draft Day (2014), The Negotiation (2018), A Hijacking (2012), The Negotiator (1998), Bridge of Spies (2015), Inside Man (2006), Moneyball (2011), Cops and Robbers (2017), Stockholm (2018).

List of negotiation movies

 7.5
 2K
Standoff (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic ...
Plot: policewoman, negotiation, partners against crime, lovers, romancing partners, federal bureau of investigation, fbi, spouse in danger, investigation, hostage, coworker relationship, workplace romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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 6.8
 73K
Draft Day (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
Style: exciting, intense, suspense, semi serious, talky ...
Plot: american football, football, negotiation, nfl, boss and employee, honest, power relations, overcoming, ambition, one last chance, disorder, american football player ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, cleveland ohio, usa, ohio, seattle ...
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The Negotiation (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against ...
Style: tense, suspense, crime thriller, tension, captivating ...
Plot: negotiation, hostage, manipulation, abduction, kidnapping, rescue, criminal, twists and turns, police investigation, danger, confined, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea
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 7.1
 18K
A Hijacking (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Style: psychological, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: negotiation, pirate, hostage, terrorism, hijacking, sailor, manipulation, ransom, character study, moral dilemma, captivity, workplace ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, denmark, scandinavia
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 7.3
 167K
The Negotiator (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, police, corruption, conspiracy, police corruption, negotiation, twists and turns, false accusation, frame up, swat, rivalry, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
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 7.6
 343K
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style: suspense, historical drama, dramatic, period piece, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cold war, espionage, lawyer, spy, cia, agent, soviet spy, courtroom, politics, berlin wall, court, negotiation ...
Time: year 1960, year 2015, 2010s, year 1957, 1950s ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, west germany ...
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 7.6
 422K
Inside Man (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style: clever, detective, suspense, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, robbery, bank, bank robbery, hostage, twists and turns, perfect crime, master criminal, plot twist, deception, police detective, caper ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.6
 504K
Moneyball (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style: inspirational, feel good, clever, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, business, entrepreneurship, based on real people, biopic, entrepreneur, motivation ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, 80s ...
Place: boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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Cops and Robbers (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A police hostage negotiator plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a cornered bank robber who is hell bent on getting out of the bank and humiliating his brother, the police hostage negotiator, in the process.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: negotiation, revenge, bank robber, hostage negotiator, police, bank, hostage, law enforcement, cat versus mouse, criminal, armed robbery, heist gone wrong ...
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 6.1
 16K
Stockholm (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages ...
Style: dark comedy, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: stockholm syndrome, bank robber, hostage, bank, bank vault, criminal, negotiation, criminal as protagonist, hostage situation, bank robbery, lovers, ransom ...
Time: year 1973, 90s, 70s
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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 5.6
 30K
Metro (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: hostage, revenge, chase, violence, police officer, hostage negotiator, bank robber, negotiation, murder, sniper, swat team, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: tahiti, san francisco, usa, california
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Non Negotiable (2024)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Hostage negotiator Alan Bender is called to rescue the president from a kidnapping, only to find himself also mediating to save his wife and marriage.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama, tension ...
Plot: kidnapping, hostage negotiator, negotiation, hostage situation, hostage, president, capture, female hostage, taken hostage, problem, rescue mission, law enforcement ...
Place: mexico city, mexico
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 5.6
 52K
Bad Company (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Style: action comedy, humorous, intense, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: espionage, spy, terrorism, partner, culture clash, hidden camera, cia, secret service, twin brother, betrayal, lone hero, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, langley virginia, new york, europe, los angeles ...
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 8.2
 5K
The Day (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes ...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: hostage, robbery, bank, hostage situation, negotiation, rescue, trapped, threat, organized crime, terrorist, heist, serial killer ...
Place: belgium, flanders
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 4.8
 4K
Cash Out (2024)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Criminal mastermind Mason is about to execute the score of a lifetime when his lover and key member of his crew, Decker, takes the team down and reveals she’s an undercover Interpol agent. Heartbroken, Mason escapes and retires from the life of ...
Style: suspense, tension, crime drama, action thriller, intense ...
Plot: bank robbery, heist, negotiation, police, heist gone wrong, betrayal, problem, ex couple relations, robbery, criminal, stealing money, theft ...
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place: soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
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The Point Men (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Jordan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A story about a diplomat and a national intelligence service agent who struggle and risk their lives on foreign soil to save Korean hostages that have been abducted in the Middle East.
Style: serious, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: taliban, diplomat, kidnapping, hostage, survival, negotiation, hostage negotiator, agent, diplomacy, hostage situation, murder, special agent ...
Time: 2000s, 2020s
Place: afghanistan
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 8.1
 2K
37 Days (2014)
Genre: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of what happened in the few weeks immediately preceding World War I.
Style: political thriller, realistic, captivating, serious, period piece ...
Plot: world war one, politics, historical character, negotiation, state affairs, assassination, society, political unrest, great war, diplomacy, diplomat, international relations ...
Time: pre world war one, 1910s, 20th century, year 1914
Place: london, europe, england, france, germany
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 6.0
 658
InSecurity (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: InSecurity is a Canadian action comedy television series. The series focuses on a team of spycatchers set at the fictional Canadian National Intelligence and Security Agency. The series is set in Ottawa but filmed primarily in Regina. The initial ...
Style: not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, save the day, espionage, daring rescue, heroes, farce, disorder, danger, government agency, goofy hero, terrorism, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 6.6
 902
The Collector (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Collector is a Canadian supernatural drama television series about a man attempting to help save people who have bargained their souls with the Devil. After over 600 years of "collecting" the souls of people at the end of their 10-year ...
Style: thought provoking, gloomy, demonic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: haunted by the past, unfulfillment, deal with the devil, negotiation, hopes, danger, escapades, unfulfilled love, immortal, lifesaver, crime and punishment, pact with the devil ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
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The Terror Live (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "I'll blow up Mapo Bridge." An anonymous call comes into a radio station one day. When it turns out to be legitimate, a terrorist's threats end up getting broadcast live throughout the country.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: radio, terrorist, terrorism, reporter, terror, negotiation, media sensation, media, danger, once in a lifetime opportunity, justice, threat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, seoul
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 7.8
 203
The Treaty (1991)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
Style: historical drama, tense, period piece, educational, suspenseful ...
Plot: irish history, politics, negotiation, diplomacy, nationalism, british government, leadership, moral ambiguity, biopic, betrayal, sacrifice, mature ...
Time: 1920s
Place: ireland, northern ireland
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 7.2
 218
The Prey (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: De Prooi tells the story of the rise and fall of Dutch banker Rijkman Groenink and the fall of ABN AMRO Bank. It is based on the acclaimed novel by research journalist and professor Jeroen Smit.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot: banking, rise and fall, negotiation, office, bank, chairman, financial crisis, arrogance, office politics, power struggle, biopic, character study ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: netherlands, amsterdam
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Stealing Raden Saleh (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 154 min.
Story: To save his father, a master forger sets out to steal an invaluable painting with the help of a motley crew of specialists.
Style: captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, indonesian
Audience: teen drama
Plot: heist, mission, caper, thief, robbery, burglar, fight, parkour, painting, criminal, teamwork, art theft ...
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 5.2
 131
The Cursed (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: hostage, unlikely criminals, danger, escapades, daring rescue, confined, chases and races, forces of nature, psychopath, married couple, negotiation, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.6
 162K
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: heist, twists and turns, robbery, caper, police, happy ending, perfect crime, mind game, conspiracy, investigation, nypd, negotiator ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Art of Negotiation (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A story following an M&A expert who is known as a legendary negotiator and his team including Lawyer O Sun Yeong and Choi Jin Sun. The M&A expert specializes in large corporation deals.
Style: tension, intense, suspense, psychological, intellectual
Plot: boss, lawyer, negotiation, strategy, office politics, law, professional, finance, manipulation, teamwork, urban, ambition ...
Time: 2020s
Place: seoul, south korea
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 5.8
 507
Mercato (2025)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Mercato takes us behind the scenes of today's soccer, a global industry with interests running into billions. Driss, a player agent, has seven days to save his skin before the end of the mercato...
Style: tension
Plot: soccer, football, negotiation, rivalry, agent, money, deadline, realism, greed, globalization, ambition, industry ...
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 7.2
 86
Pied Piper (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Drama series follows a police crisis negotiation team as they try to solve cases without using force. The police crisis negotiation team works on such cases like attempted suicides, hostage situations and terror situations.
Style: emotional, intense, suspenseful, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, empathy, negotiation, police procedural, police investigation, betrayal, guilt, policewoman, revenge, friendship, law enforcement, teamwork ...
Place: korea
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Hostage Negotiator (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the job, top FBI hostage negotiator Theresa Foley (Gail O'Grady) is a tough, no-nonsense professional...calm and cool in the face of risky, potentially deadly situations. At home, she's a loving mother, with two kids and a devoted ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: hostage situation, female protagonist, hostage negotiator, negotiation, taken hostage, hostage rescue, career, hostage, fbi agent, agent, husband wife relationship, troubled marriage ...
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